Mountain Emergency Updates

Don’t let the new year go up in smoke

By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer After the holidays, it’s time to take down the Christmas tree, pack up the lights and decorations and return your home’s decor back to the way it was. Unless you bought a potted live tree that you can plant in your yard, a cut,...

Deputies investigate school threats

Dec 14, 2023 | Government, Local, Mountain Emergency Update

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Twin Peaks Station, received information that a Rim of the World High School student posted numerous threats online indicating there would be a shooting at the school. Station detectives conducted a...

Driver dies when car plummets over the side of Highway 18

Nov 29, 2023 | Front Page, Mountain Emergency Update

By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A yet-to-be-identified driver sustained fatal injuries when his vehicle left the roadway and plummeted over the side of Highway 18 between Lake Gregory Drive and the Highway 138 interchange around 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 24....

Deputies arrest armed man

Nov 15, 2023 | Mountain Emergency Update

On Friday, Nov. 10, deputies from the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Station responded to a report of criminal threats made by Brandon Byrd against employees at a Crestline bar. Byrd, a 40-year-old resident of Crestline, was a patron at the business, located in the 23800...

Suspects in Crestline shooting face murder charges

Nov 1, 2023 | Front Page, Mountain Emergency Update

By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer The night manager of Sleepy Hollow Cabins and Hotel on Lake Drive in Crestline was shot following an argument in the hotel parking lot around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25. A short time later, two Hispanic men were seen walking...